A Train Trip STAAR 2016 Questions

What detail is left unresolved at the end of the selection?

• Jimmy's feelings about leaving the cabin

• Whether Jimmy can fully accept his father's authority

• Whether the cabin will be secured after Jimmy and his father leave

• The final destination of Jimmy and his father

The author most likely includes the anecdote about the bat in paragraph 9 to develop the theme of--

• Showing respect for the older generation

• Protecting the natural environment

• Cherishing particular memories

• Gaining personal freedom

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

"The leather soles of my shoes felt insecure and slipper on the rungs."

The author's use of first-person point of view-

• Allows the reader to identify with Jimmy's vulnerability

• Helps the reader understand that Jimmy is unreliable

• Shows Jimmy's fearless determination

• Reveals Jimmy's youthful idealism

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is Jimmy's primary dilemma?

• He must choose between being obedient to his father and being true to himself

• He must accept that he has to leave the cabin despite his strong desire to stay

• He must resolve his conflicted feelings about what will happen after he leaves the cabin

• He must reconcile the difference between his father's cynical worldview and his own beliefs

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the dialogue in paragraphs 11 through 24. When considered with this dialogue, which sentence reveals that Jimmy is hiding his true feelings from his father?

• I looked all around the kitchen to remember it and I was awfully fond of it.

• I wished we were just going on a fishing trip and not going away.

• It was lighter than when I started to climb the ladder and it was cold and very early in the morning.

• It was still dark but along the edge of the hills it was lightening.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

In paragraph 9, the description of the kitchen serves to--

• Reveal Jimmy's strong emotional attachment to the cabin

• Imply that Jimmy's hopes his circumstances are improving

• Emphasize the unpleasantness of Jimmy's living conditions

• Show that Jimmy feels lonely in the remote setting.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5